This is a powerful and disturbing account of sexual abuse.
I must warn you that the memoir is painful and may provoke feelings for those who have experienced something similar. If you are a molest survivor who has not received mental health counseling, or your abuse is very recent, perhaps the best idea would be to print this article out and take into your therapist for discussion.
The writing is beautiful, honest and moving. While graphic, it was a healing act for the author. I think this type of writing has its place and provides a cathartic forum for many people.
The writing is beautiful, honest and moving. While graphic, it was a healing act for the author. I think this type of writing has its place and provides a cathartic forum for many people.
The Source of All Things
"What if your favorite place in the world was ground zero for your greatest strengths and your deepest fears? The author and her father trek into Idaho's Sawtooth Mountains to grapple with a tragedy that has haunted them for decades."
by: Tracy Ross
Tracy Ross is an award-winning journalist and contributing editor at Backpacker Magazine, an ASME award–winning outdoor publication with 1.2 million readers. She has been published in the U.S., England, South Africa, and Australia. Her essay “The Source of All Things” has won the National Magazine Award in 2009 and has been selected for inclusion in The Best American Sports Writing and The Best American Magazine Writing. Her Skiing magazine story “Our Country Comes Skiing in Peace” received a notable mention in Best American Travel Writing, and her work has also appeared in Outside and Women’s Sports Illustrated. Ross’s assignments have taken her to the wilds of Alaska, the ski slopes of Iran, and the most remote reaches of Ecuador. She writes about exotic places and intriguing people, but mainly about the wilderness and how it intersects with the most important issues in our lives. She lives with her family at 8,000 feet in the mountains above Boulder, CO.